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April 30, 1929.

T. H. CHANDLER COMBINED WINDOW SHADE AND AWNING Fil ed Oct. 25. 1926 Q fil H H. ""0"" ul l l hu w I N VEN TOR.

#13 ATTORNEY.

THOMAS H. cirannnnaor LAWRENCE, KANSAS.

COMBINED WINDOVJ SHADE AND AWNING.

Application filed October 25, 1926. Serial No. 143,911.

, My invention relates to improvements in combined Window shades and awnings. It is particularly Well adapted for use 1n connection with windows in the doors or bodies of an automobile. b

One of the Objects of my invention is to provide a window shade and awning of the kind described which is simple, cheap, durable, not liable to getout of order, whlch can readily be applied to existing windows, which can be used as an awning which projects outsidethe window, or which can be raised or' lowered in the manner-of an ordinary win dow shade, and which has novel-means for being releasablyheld in the positions to which it .may be adJusted. V

The novel features of my invention are "hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates the preferred embodiment of my invention,

Fig. 1 is an inside elevation of my 1mprovcd window shade and awnmg shown mounted in a window frame.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same. 7 i

F 3 is a vertical sectional view of the same, showing the sheet in sol d lines partly cxtended,'and in dotted llIlQS fully extended, a portion of the window being broken away.

F igq t is an enlarged vertical longitudinal sectional View of one end portion of the roller and parts connected therewith.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged vertical sectional View of a portion of one of the arms of the U shaped member, the rotary member w th which it co-operates and parts connected with the rotary member.

Fig. 6 is a horizontal section of what shown in Fig. 5.

Similar reference characters designate similar parts in the different views.

1 designates a horizontal rotary roller having fastened centrally to it at one of its ends a a rotary pivot member 2, and having mounted in its other end a stationary pivot member 3 on which the roller 1 is rotatable.

In the end of the roller containing the pivot member 3 is a recess 4: in which is mounted a longitudinal coil spring 5 one end of whichis fastened to the roller 1 and the other end of which is fastened to the pivot member 3. The spring 5 serves to retract the roller 1 so as to wind on the latter a sheet 6, which serves as an anwning sheet or a shade, and which has one end portion fastened to and adaptedlto be wound on the'roller 1 by the spring 5.

The other end of the sheet 6 is fastened to stretcher member con'iprising a U shaped member 7, the arms 8, of which, are respectively longitudinally slidably mounted in two holes 9 respectively provided in two rotary horizontal members. 10, which are respectively rotatably mounted by a swivel connec tion in two hollow bosses 11 respectively prov'ded at the inner sides of two vertical plates 12 and 13, which are adapted'to be respectively fastened, as by screws 14, to the inner sides of the jambs of a window frame 15 of a door or body of an automobile.

The pivot member 2 is rotatableina hole provided therefor in he plate 12. The sta tionary pivot member 3 is of a shape other than circular in cross section. In the drawagainst the arms 8 of the U shaped member,

and to force the latter into holding engagement respectively with the bosses 11, the holes 9 in said rotary members 10 being of such dimensions and disposition as to permit of such holding engagement.

When the roller 1 is located closely adjacent to the inner upper part of the window frame 15, and the rotary members 10 are disposed at substantially the middle of the length of the frame 15, the sheet 6 may be disposed, when operated as a shade, so as to cover any portion of the window glass, designated by 17, or to cover the glass for substantially the entire length thereof. It will be noted that the plates 12 and 13, which car- I ry the roller 1 and the rotary members 10, are located,-as are the roller 1 and rotary members 10, wholly at one side, the inner side, of the glass 17, whereby, when the U- shaped member has its transverse portion 7 and arms 8 swung to the inner side of the glass 17, as shown in Fig. 2, the glass 17 may he slid to the fully closed position, shown in Fig. 2, and the U-shaped member may be swung to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, in which position the sheet 6 will fully cover. the glass for the length thereof.

vVhen it is desired to use the sheet 6 as a shade for covering the upper half or a portion r the glass 17 below the members'10, the screws straight downwardly to the desired position, as for example, to the position shown in dotted lines in F ig. 1, after which the screws 16 are tightened, thus holding the arms clamped to the bosses 11.

' If it is desired to cover the entire glass 17, the arms 8 are swung inwardly and downwardly, at their upper ends, to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, in which position the transverse portion 7 of the U shaped member will have crossed the verticalplane of the axes of the members 10,-and, the screws 16 ma be loosened, and the spring 5 be permittec to rotate the roller 1 so as to draw upwardly the sheet 6 until. the desired position is'reached, at which time the screws 18 are tightened to hold the arms Sin the adjusted position.

As will be noted the rotary members 10 are disposed at such distance below the roller 1 that they will engage the arms 8 closely adjacent to the lower ends thereof, when the sheet 6 has been wound to its limit on the roller 1. This enables the adjustment of the sheet 6 as a shade to the positions hereinbeiore described.

. When the sheet 6 is to be used as an awning sheet at the outer side of the window, the glass 17 is lowered, as in Fig. 8, and the position. Two positions of the arms, 8 are shown respectively in solid and dotted lines in Fig. 3, with the sheet 6' being used as an awning sheet. Upon loosening the screws 16, the arms 8 may be longitudinally ad- '40 ly or outwardly and downwardly inclined justed, inwardly or outwardly, to any desired position, and to permit of any desired angle of the sheet 6. V

I do not limit my invention to the structure shown and described, as many modifications, within the scope of the appended claim, in ay be made without departing from the s pirit of my mvention.

lVhat I claim is I In a combined window shadeand awning comprising a spring retracted roller, a

stretcher member, and a sheet having its-ends respectively attached to the roller and to said stretcher member; a rotary member having a hole transverse to its axis ada ted to have said stretcher member slidab y mounted therein, a set screw in said rotary-member adapted to releasably engage and hold said THOMAS H; CHANDLER. I 

